Unable to run Ping and Traceroute

Hmm I think that it could be time for a system restore. That vpn seemed to of messed it all up for you.

System Restore

You must have them turned off. System Restore - Enable or Disable

Post a screen shot of you network adapter's

Ok maybe you should try advanced boot menu and do safe mode from there. Advanced Boot Options

Click on just Safe Mode then try a system restore from within safe mode. Go to control panel.

Yes I would try going into safe mode and see if you can do a system restore because if you have them on it should be creating restore points

probuddha said:

Hi

So I tried this method as suggested in this thread and it seemed to fix the problem

Code:

Let’s try to reset WINSOCK, IPv4 TCP/IP and IPv6 TCP/IP stack.
 
a. Click on Start and in the search box, type cmd.
b. Right click on the Command Prompt, select "Run as Administrator" to open a Command Prompt.
c. At the command prompt window, type the following commands:
netsh winsock reset catalog that resets WINSOCK entries to installation defaults.
netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log that resets IPv4 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults.
netsh int ipv6 reset reset.log resets IPv6 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults.
d. Restart the computer.

I can now ping and trace routes to domain names as well :) Also that message box that appeared while accessing the properties of the network adapter didn't show up this time

Thank you so much for your help on this Brendan, very appreciated!

No problem